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• Pistol Packing Preschooler Shoots Babysitter

  A four-year-old who was angry that his teen babysitter stepped on his foot loaded a shotgun and shot the teen in the arm. Now he's facing possible charges of aggravated assault.  Wait a minute, what? A four-year-old not only gets ahold of a gun but KNOWS HOW to load it, and police are seriously considering him as the criminal here?   Read More... Posted Jan 06 2009, 11:28 AM by JeanneSager with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: crime, babysitters, ohio, kids and guns, child criminals, gun control, Jeanne Sager, guns and kids, teenage babysitters

• Mother of Slain Boy Denied Right to Sue

  The mother of an eight-year old boy shot and killed by the biological son of his foster parents was denied the right to sue the social workers responsible in the case.  According to the Joplin Globe: "Braxton Wooden Jr. was shot in the head by Mark and Treva Gordon’s 14-year-old biological son, [Ethan] on June 2, 2005, during a game of “cops and robbers” with a handgun taken from a bedroom closet of the Gordons’ home. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis decided that  Read More... Posted Dec 04 2008, 06:30 PM by Shannon LC Cate with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: foster care, kids and guns, gun safety, gun control, Shannon LC Cate, foster system, foster children, gun ownership

• Pass the Butter or I'll Shoot!

  A tipster pointed out Christopher Noxon's article on Reuters about boys who will go to any length to find a gun to play with -- including making one out of toast. The funny thing is, I did the same thing...   Read More... Posted Mar 27 2008, 08:00 PM by Brett Singer with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: rosie o'donnell, toys, guns, toy guns, boys, kids and guns

• 5-Year Old Boy Shoots Bear, Grandpa Calls Davy Crocket A Pansie

  As our children grow up, there are firsts and milestones we parents can look forward to experiencing with our hearts swelling with pride, our blubbering eyes welling with tears and with $1500 state-of-art digital video cameras held in our hands capturing the monumental achievement to thereafter broadcast it to the world on our personal blogs or YouTube if it's humorous in any way. Their first tentative steps, first intelligible words, first time they use the potty, their first shaky pedals on a bike without training wheels and of course the first time they bag a black bear 12 times their size with a youth rifle. Read More... Posted Dec 18 2007, 02:00 PM by makeitadouble with | with 6 comment(s) Filed under: hunting, kids and guns, gun safety, bear

• Gun Safety: Some Parents Enjoy Russian Roulette

  A survey of 96 pediatrician's offices in the US, Canada and Puerto Rico found one-quarter of 3,754 families had a gun in in the home. In 70% of those homes parents said they hadn't taken "adequate precautions" to store their firearm safely. These are parents who like to live on the edge. I guess? The study suggested pediatricians take a role in promoting gun safety in homes by asking parents if there are guns in the home and if they are stored safely in the same way they ask if your child rides in a car seat. 18 states have child-access protection laws which make parents or other adults liable when an accident or death occurs from a child finding an unsecured gun.  The study defined "safe storage" as "guns being unloaded, locked in a cabinet or with a gun lock, with ammunition stored separately". I wonder how many parents have their guns locked but not unloaded or unloaded, but not locked and that affected the high number of supposedly 'unsafe' homes the study found. I don't own a gun and have no plans to ever own a gun, however it seems to me that the main reason one has a gun is for protection. If the gun is unloaded and locked and the ammunition is stored elsewhere how do you get to it quickly in a crisis situation? I know people can be really stupid but I can't believe over half of parents in the study would purposely put their kids at risk. For gun safety information see The Brady Center To Prevent Gun Violence.  Posted Jun 07 2007, 11:03 AM by Melissa Summers with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: guns, kids and guns, gun safety

• 10 Months is Old Enough for a Gun Permit in Illinois

  Ten month old Bubba Ludwig can't vote, he can't legally drink, he can't join the army - hell, he probably can't even walk, but he has a gun permit issued by the state of Illinois. Bubba's Dad is Howard Ludwig. Howard is a columnist and I assume he filled out the form for his child to see what would happen. The child's grandfather bought the baby a shotgun as a gift (don't get me started on that). Bubba's dad filled out accurate information on the application including his 20 pound weight, height and baby picture. The permit was issued with the baby picture on it.   Now Bubba has a legal gun, I guess. He can't buy any more guns in Illinois until he is 18, so it might be a little while before he can start a real collection. I think I am going to be sick. Good for the second amendment and everything, but even Charlton Heston couldn't convince me that a ten month old has any use for a shotgun. Posted May 18 2007, 11:37 AM by Sarah, Goon Squad Sarah with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: guns, Illinois, kids and guns, Howard Ludwig, second amendment